Truck Load Rates Halt 8 Week Slide 2.0

I just think people inflate their numbers alot to make it sound good..... Especially when a bit of simple math shows that its bs ....and ive seen that market for myself from all sides... load boards, brokers, and direct...but i dont claim to know anything, just seems a bit high...... But like i said good for him.

 

Some people do pump up their claimed revenue but it's not a good idea. If you have something good going the best thing to do is just be quiet and haul it. That keeps the sharpshooters away from your freight.
When somebody asks me if we're making any money I always tell them..."Nah, man we're just barely hanging on".

 

If the man does not come home for the weekends, those numbers are very legit.
Even for a dry van that is nothing crazy. A typical Midwest region dry box grosses $5k Mon-Fr (I am not talking about the last 6 months of crazy freight), so working from restart to restart, $6.5k is very doable and curtain vans usually make more

 

@REO6205 You reminded me of something.

I was at a golf outing a few months back. It was my insurance agent in my cart, and the other part of the 4 some was another agent and his customer.

Long story short the other agent starts asking me about who my big customer is in a particular a field. I just looked at him and said that’s classified. LOL

It pissed him off I could tell but why would I say something like that with a competitor within ear shot? We can all be friends and drink some beer and have fun but business is business.

 

Very few people can separate the two